03 Sep, 2021
1 commit
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With CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, we currently link modules into native
code just before modpost, which means with TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
enabled, we still look at the LLVM bitcode in the .o files when
generating the list of used symbols. As the bitcode doesn't
yet have calls to compiler intrinsics and llvm-nm doesn't see
function references that only exist in function-level inline
assembly, we currently need a whitelist for TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS to
work with LTO.This change moves module LTO linking to happen earlier, and
thus avoids the issue with LLVM bitcode and TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
entirely, allowing us to also drop the whitelist from
gen_autoksyms.sh.Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1369
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen
Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin
Tested-by: Alexander Lobakin
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada
28 Feb, 2021
1 commit
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Commit fbe078d397b4 ("kbuild: lto: add a default list of used symbols")
does not work as expected if the .config file has already specified
CONFIG_UNUSED_KSYMS_WHITELIST="my/own/white/list" before enabling
CONFIG_LTO_CLANG.So, the user-supplied whitelist and LTO-specific white list must be
independent of each other.I refactored the shell script so CONFIG_MODVERSIONS and CONFIG_CLANG_LTO
handle whitelists in the same way.Fixes: fbe078d397b4 ("kbuild: lto: add a default list of used symbols")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek
12 Feb, 2021
1 commit
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Stephen Rothwell reported a build error on ppc64 when
CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled.Jessica Yu pointed out the cause of the error with the reference to the
ppc64 ELF ABI:
"Symbol names with a dot (.) prefix are reserved for holding entry
point addresses. The value of a symbol named ".FN", if it exists,
is the entry point of the function "FN".As it turned out, CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS has never worked for ppc64,
but this issue has been unnoticed until recently because this option
depends on !UNUSED_SYMBOLS hence is disabled by all{mod,yes}config.
(Then, it was uncovered by another patch removing UNUSED_SYMBOLS.)Removing the dot prefix in scripts/gen_autoksyms.sh fixes the issue.
Please note it must be done before 'sort -u' because modules have
both ._mcount and _mcount undefined when CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=y.Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210209210843.3af66662@canb.auug.org.au/
Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada
Tested-by: Jessica Yu
03 Mar, 2020
2 commits
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When doing a cold build, autoksyms.h starts empty, and is updated late
in the build process to have visibility over the symbols used by in-tree
drivers. But since the symbol whitelist is known upfront, it can be used
to pre-populate autoksyms.h and maximize the amount of code that can be
compiled to its final state in a single pass, hence reducing build time.Do this by using gen_autoksyms.sh to initialize autoksyms.h instead of
creating an empty file.Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre
Tested-by: Matthias Maennich
Reviewed-by: Matthias Maennich
Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada -
In order to prepare the ground for a build-time optimization, split
adjust_autoksyms.sh into two scripts: one that generates autoksyms.h
based on all currently available information (whitelist, and .mod
files), and the other to inspect the diff between two versions of
autoksyms.h and trigger appropriate rebuilds.Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre
Tested-by: Matthias Maennich
Reviewed-by: Matthias Maennich
Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada
